If in doubt, ask your surgeon. There was a post on here that listed all the dos and don'ts of taking meds, if I find it, I'll re direct you to it. I personally haven't had a problem with pills at any stage of the process with both regular pills/vitamins, geltabs, or fast release gel tabs like tylenol pm. Even in the early post-op days.
I think a lot of it has to do with your own body. I know a lot of people have problems taking pills (gagging, needing lots of water), one thing that has made it easier for me is to put a small bite of food in my mouth and chew it until I'm just about to swallow and then insert the pill and swallow. This way I trick my brain into thinking I'm just eating instead of choking down a pill with water. In the early post-op days did this with a bite of SF jello. Good luck!
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High/Current/Goal
388/229/170
Scale Whore #4!
Time from 1st info session to surgery 7mo 3days
Lap RNY 10/30/07 Yay!
Two-ter-ville 1/18/08
2/10/08 (Pre-op) Century Club!
7/09/08 (Post-op) Century Club!
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